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What do i do with this 1860 3 dollar gold?

Lets start off by saying my photograghy skills are horrible. I sent this 3 eagle in for grading and because of a dumb mistake on my part it came back in a body bag. It is a genuine coin that came back with the 92 code "cleaned". Now am I better off not having it in a holder for resale purposes or should I resend it and get it slabed? Would it be better in an ngc slab? Also checking the pop report on this coin it shows 250 or so that have been graded. Is that just coins sent to pcgs or all that are known to excist? Any other info or thoughts on this coin are welcome and encouraged.

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it really depends on your cost plus all the shipping and grading fees
if you have some margin still left in the item and it is in fact genuine
probably would be best off in a pcgs genuine details holder unless you know someone confident enough to buy it raw
you will need to search this forum thread for those submission options
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The PCGS population report includes only those coins that have been submitted to PCGS.
However, the pop numbers may be slghtly inflated, as some coins may have been sent in more than once when folks crack out and resubmit coins that they think will upgrade.
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As for the rarity, the 1860 Three Dollar Gold is a scarce date, but it’s not among the extreme rarities. Dave Bowers estimated in his book on the series that there are 270 to 360 coins in the circulated grades and an additional 45 to 60 Mint State coins. Putting it into context, Bowers estimated that there are 4.000 to 6,000, 1878 Three Dollar gold coins in the circulated grades, and 8,000 to 10,000 pieces in Mint State. That last estimate sounds high to me, but you get the idea. The 1878 Three Dollar gold is a lot more common and so is the 1854.
Still anyone who aspires to collect Three Dollar gold pieces by date and mint would need to have very deep pockets. Chances are they would not be interested in a scarce date in a “genuine” holder so the fact that your 1860 is a better date is not of great consequence.
Although I have no reason to think that this particular coin is counterfeit, coins that are bodybagged for heavy cleaning, environmental damage, etc, cannot be assumed to have been authenticated by PCGS. Based on what I've seen come back from the TPGs, it seems like graders don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out if a coin is authentic when they know there's no chance that the coin is going to end up in a slab.
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